How do I create a mailing list with a non-standard name?
John Reekie, 28 Oct 1999

To have a mailing list created with a non-standard name, send email to webmaster at gigascale dot org with the name of your mailing list. The list name, if it contains a dash, must end in -cvs, -interest, or -announce. It appears that names like foo-bar-announce do not work, so use foobar-announce.

The webmaster will

1. Become root on gigascale and do

   cd ~mailman 
   bin/newlist mailing-list-name email-address-of-owner password
   

   For example

   bin/newlist gsrcworkshop-announce www@gigascale.org foobar
   

2. Take the output and place it at the end of /etc/aliases and run newaliases
3. Go to http://www.gigascale.org/mailman/admin/listname
4. Edit Base URL for Mailman web interface (Details) and change it to http://www.gigascale.org/mailman

You can create a mailing list with a non-standard name. To do this, use the admin page of the relevant group, and follow the "New list" link in the left hand margin. In the bottom section of the page, there is a form that enables you to request a non-standard or "custom" mailing list.

Warning: a custom list must be entirely configured by you, the server will not give you any help. If you do not believe you can handle hand-configuring a mailing list, do not use this option.

When you submit the request, email will be sent to webmaster at gigascale dot org with your request. When the webmaster has created and enabled your list, you will be able to configure the list. We suggest you look at a standard list to get a feel for what the configuration should look like. In particular:

• On the general options page, the hostname and base URL of the list will be wrong by default. Set these to gigascale.org and http://www.gigascale.org/groupname/ respectively.
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